"take liberties" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-take liberties.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes liberties [present, singular, third-person], taking liberties [participle, present], took liberties [past], taken liberties [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> liberties}} take liberties (third-person singular simple present takes liberties, present participle taking liberties, simple past took liberties, past participle taken liberties)
  1. (idiomatic) To act on one's own authority, without asking for permission. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: take the liberty Translations (act on one's own authority): ottaa vapauksia (Finnish), prendre la liberté (French), pozwalać sobie [imperfective] (Polish), взять на себя́ сме́лость (vzjatʹ na sebjá smélostʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-take_liberties-en-verb-L5vuGxd0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of "act on one's own authority": 96 4
  2. (idiomatic) To behave disrespectfully, especially to make unwanted sexual advances. Tags: idiomatic Translations (behave disrespectfully, especially to make unwanted sexual advances): ottaa vapauksia (Finnish), prendre des libertés (French), za dużo sobie pozwalać [imperfective] (Polish), допуска́ть во́льности (dopuskátʹ vólʹnosti) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-take_liberties-en-verb-IXEhTwnw Disambiguation of 'behave disrespectfully, especially to make unwanted sexual advances': 6 94

Inflected forms

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